Pompton Lakes, Police Blotter, November 14, 2012

By Richard Gawel

Suburban Trends

A 25-year-old borough man was charged with driving while intoxicated on Oct. 24 after police allegedly saw his 1998 Ford Explorer SUV moving erratically at almost 1 a.m. in the area of Lincoln Avenue and Hamburg Turnpike.

According to the police blotter, Patrolman Stephen Kouefati was on patrol traveling east on Hamburg Turnpike when he observed this blue Ford failing to maintain its lane in front of him.

After turning from Lincoln Avenue onto Hamburg Turnpike and heading east, the vehicle drove in the left-turn-only lane for a couple hundred feet and then fully entered the oncoming lane of travel just before Pequannock Avenue, states the officer’s report.

Patrolman Kouefati also indicated that the Ford wagon continued to swerve between the eastbound lane and the left-turn-only lane for several hundred feet heading toward Riverview Road.

The officer pulled over the Ford on Hamburg Turnpike in Wayne and spoke to the motorist, Robert Rebyak, 25, of this borough, who attributed the swerving to having an argument with his girlfriend over the cell phone.

During this conversation, however, the officer took note that the driver smelled like alcohol, slurred his speech, exhibited bloodshot and watery eyes, and appeared to be disoriented, the blotter states.

Following field sobriety tests, Rebyak was taken to headquarters for a breath-alcohol test and ultimately charged with DWI within 1,000 feet of a school zone, DWI, reckless driving, and failure to maintain his lane, according to police.

By Bryan LaPlaca

& Donna Rolando

"Police news" is compiled by Suburban Trends from information provided by the police department. The information is released to the press at the discretion of the police department and may not represent the total scope of police activity. All persons are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Pompton Lakes, Police Blotter, November 14, 2012

By Richard Gawel

Suburban Trends

A 25-year-old borough man was charged with driving while intoxicated on Oct. 24 after police allegedly saw his 1998 Ford Explorer SUV moving erratically at almost 1 a.m. in the area of Lincoln Avenue and Hamburg Turnpike.

According to the police blotter, Patrolman Stephen Kouefati was on patrol traveling east on Hamburg Turnpike when he observed this blue Ford failing to maintain its lane in front of him.

After turning from Lincoln Avenue onto Hamburg Turnpike and heading east, the vehicle drove in the left-turn-only lane for a couple hundred feet and then fully entered the oncoming lane of travel just before Pequannock Avenue, states the officer’s report.

Patrolman Kouefati also indicated that the Ford wagon continued to swerve between the eastbound lane and the left-turn-only lane for several hundred feet heading toward Riverview Road.

The officer pulled over the Ford on Hamburg Turnpike in Wayne and spoke to the motorist, Robert Rebyak, 25, of this borough, who attributed the swerving to having an argument with his girlfriend over the cell phone.

During this conversation, however, the officer took note that the driver smelled like alcohol, slurred his speech, exhibited bloodshot and watery eyes, and appeared to be disoriented, the blotter states.

Following field sobriety tests, Rebyak was taken to headquarters for a breath-alcohol test and ultimately charged with DWI within 1,000 feet of a school zone, DWI, reckless driving, and failure to maintain his lane, according to police.

By Bryan LaPlaca

& Donna Rolando

"Police news" is compiled by Suburban Trends from information provided by the police department. The information is released to the press at the discretion of the police department and may not represent the total scope of police activity. All persons are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.